I apologize (again) for the unannounced hiatus here. Last week, I was doing my part to do press work, and get the word out in various fora (with the exception of this one obviously) about the national ADAPT Action in Washington, DC. NDY allies within the disability community are well aware of our involvement and … Continue reading Catching Up – Last Week a Busy One for ADAPT
On Monday, April 20, the Chicago “End of Life” Care Coalition hosted an event titled “Options in ‘End of Life’ Care: The Legal, the Personal and the Controversial.” Eyebrows – and tempers – rose in the disability community when the conference flyer came out. For the past couple of months, the biggest “end of life” … Continue reading Chicago NDY Confronts Chicago “End of Life” Care Coalition and Barbara Coombs Lee
Many people with disabilities have a deep-seated loathing of the word “special.” It’s a term of dismissal, patronization, and discrimination. And that’s just a starting list. Unfortunately until “special education” and “special olympics” get called by other names, we don’t have a prayer of shaking the term off for any length of time with any … Continue reading AP: Final Exit Network manual calls members “special”
I didn’t get around to any blogging over the weekend. And Monday went a little out of control, so I didn’t get to announce my appearance on Mark Mostert‘s webcast of “What’s Up With Bioethics?“ It turns out that may have been a good thing after all. When I announce an appearance on a live … Continue reading Monday Media: Interview on “What’s Up With Bioethics”
The possibility that members of the Final Exit Network are passing off boilerplate op-eds as original work may seem trivial. After all, this is a group of people whose “hobby” – like bridge (see below for an explanation) – is to plan and preside over the deaths of multiple strangers. In spite of this (to … Continue reading Final Exit Network Members Passing Off “Boilerplate” Op-eds As Original Work?
